Thread: RL16 in 308?

Ive tried it @Gibo , its is very much like 2209 which was listed in the old ADI manuals for heavy .308 bullets but has now been removed in newer publications.
RL16 maybe a bit faster but bulkier too so I tried it with my heavier 175gr TMK load. It is quite bulky so you cant get enough under the heavy bullets to get any real velocity.
My pet load is 44gr of 2208 behind the 175gr tmk @2710fps so the RL16 needs about 48gr to match that pressure which was not possible due to bulk from memory. The RL16 load I tested over the chrono was a compressed load from memory but strangely I didnt note it down in my loading notebook.. it must have been not even worth a mention as it wasnt ever going to happen.
It is also a very sooty powder which leaves a baked on carbon that is very hard to clean unless you run it at the hotter end.
I run RL16 in the 6.5x47 Lapua, 6.5 Creedmoor, .260 Rem and .22x47 Lapua Ack imp so will give your pound a home if you dont have a use for it.